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===Campaign of winter 1302-1303=== [[Image:GhazanAndKingOfArmenia1303.JPG|thumb|Ghazan ordering the King Of Armenia [[Hetoum II]] to accompany Kutlushka on the 1303 attack on Damascus.<ref>In "Le Royaume Armenien de Cilicie", p.74-75</ref>]] The remaining Templars from Cyprus continued making raids on the Syrian coast in early 1303, and ravaged the city of [[Damour]], south of [[Beyrouth]]. As they had lost Ruad, though, they were not capable of providing important troops.<ref name=demurger-158>Demurger, p158</ref> In 1303, the Mongols appeared in great strength (about 80,000) together with the Armenians.<ref name=demurger-158/> ====Defeat of Shaqhab==== The Mongols finally suffered a heavy defeat against the Mamluks at Homs on March 30, 1303, and at the decisive [[Battle of Shaqhab]], south of Damas, on April 21, 1303.<ref name=demurger-158/> It is considered to be the last major Mongol invasion of Syria.<ref>Nicolle, p. 80</ref> In 1303, Ghazan had again sent a letter to Edward I, through an embassy led by Buscarello de Ghizolfi, reinterating Hulagu's promise that they would give Jerusalem to the Franks in exchange for help against the Mamluks.<ref>Encyclopedia Iranica article</ref> Ghazan prepared a new offensive for the Autumn in order to avenge his defeat, but he died on May 10, 1304, and dreams of a rapid reconquest of the Holy Land were destroyed.<ref>Jackson, p.170</ref>
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